NATS Chat Transcript Archive

NATS Chats, presented by Inside View Press, are live online real-time discussions for voice teachers and singers. Topics vary widely and have included classical and non-classical vocal technique, vocal repertoire, teaching strategies, business strategies for private studio teachers, resources for university teachers, and arts advocacy. Guests have included prominent teachers, authors, composers, and artists. These are recordings and abridged transcripts from previous discussions:

2019-20:

Discovering your Niche Market with Cynthia Vaughn, Jerry Elsbernd, and Dana Lentini, October 13, 2019
Motor Learning Part II: Focus? Locus? Hocus-pocus? with Lynn Helding and Lynn Maxfield, November 10, 2019, Sponsored by The Voice Foundation
Keeping the Singer Singing with Adam Rubin, M.D. and Juliana Codino CCC-SLP, December 15, 2019, Sponsored by The Voice Foundation
A conversation with 2019 Tony Award winner Santino Fontana, January 19, 2020
Breath Management Strategies Across Performance Genres: Exploratory Studies in the UK and Australia with Joan Melton, February 16, 2020
Cannabis and Singers with Aaron Ziegler and Jiries Meham-Atrash, March 8, 2020

2018-19:

“The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Across the Lifespan” with guest Karen Brunssen. Oct. 7, 2018
Sponsored by The Voice Foundation
Independent Studio Business: Part III ~ “Finding Them and Keeping Them: Studio Marketing and Student Retention" with Cynthia Vaughn, Kelli Barham, and Christin Coffee Rondeau, Nov. 11, 2018
"Bel Canto Can Belto–Cross Training for the 21st Century Singer" with Mary Saunders Barton and Norman Spivey
“Getting the Twang of it: Physiologic, Acoustic, and Perceptual Characteristics" with Kerrie Obert and Chadley Ballantyne, Jan. 13, 2019
“Mindful Voice: How Cognitive Science Informs Voice Teaching” with Lynn Helding and Lynn Maxfield, Feb. 10, 2019
“The Special Psychoacoustics of the Singing Voice” with Ian Howell, March 10, 2019
"The more things change, the more they stay the same: some thoughts on (my) current pedagogic practice" with Scott McCoy, April 14, 2019
"A Conversation with Christine Brewer," May 5, 2019

2017-18:

"Putting it Together: Bit by bit...Day by Day...Week by Week...Year by Year…" with guest Joan Lader, honorary Tony Award winner and renowned Broadway voice teacher. Oct. 8, 2017
"Growing or Redefining Your Independent Voice Studio as a Small Business, Part 2" with guests Cynthia Vaughn, Michelle Markwart Deveaux, and Nate Plummer. Nov. 12, 2017
"Transgender Voices: What Voice Teachers Need to Know" with guests Emerald Lessley, DMA; Sandy Hirsch, MS, CCC-SLP, and Liz Jackson Hearns, MM. Co-sponsored by The Voice Foundation. Dec. 10, 2017
“Singing and Teaching Singing: A Holistic Approach to Classical Voice” with guest Janice Chapman. January 21, 2018
“Care of the Professional Voice” with laryngologist Al Merati, MD, and Met Opera singer Michaela Martens, co-moderated by Margaret Baroody. Feb. 11, 2018
"Teaching Very Young Singers" with guest Shannon Coates, March 11, 2018
“The Hole in the Sky” with guest John Nix, April 8, 2018
“The Broad Spectrum of CCM” with Melissa Cross, Trineice Robinson-Martin, and Mike Ruckles